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- y K- W - BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF a; ."TO LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK, GROSSJEVERISH HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE POI SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS. BIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIQ AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR CONSTIPATED. The Thirteenth Commandment t By RUPERT HUGHES Copyright by Harper & Brothero e j $ !'.' I I. ft) I i ' I! HP. I m m ? FOREWORD. "The Thirteenth Com mandment" is an American story written by an Ameri can for Americans. It is, according to a famous Eng lish critic, "American to the bone and to the marrow of the' bone." It deals with that eternal conflict be tween finance and romance. It tells the story of what one lovable, modern American girl did when she discovered how often the checkbook's groan drowns the love song. In this story Rupert Hughes is at his best, and that best cannot be surpassed by any American author of the present day. If you start "The Thirteenth Command ment" you will finish it, and when you have finished it you will be glad that you started it. CHAPTER I. As usual nowadays, Instead of knocking at the door Fnto called up on the telephone. Though the bell shrilled almost In Sirs. Kip's car Hho would not answer It. She winced, shook her bead, agi tated her rocking chair with petulance, embroidered vindictively, and hardly so much called out us sighed very loudly toward tlio hallway: "Daphne I O-ob, Daphne 1 the tele phone again I" On tlio stairs there sounded a tnulllcd scurry like the rush of nn April shower chased down a hillside by the sun. Au allegory of April dart ed across the room and raised the tel ephone to her lips ns If it were a beaker of good cheer. ITer mother was used to this humor of Daphne's and paid no heed till n sudden frost chilled the warm tono of tlio girl's voice. The smllo of hospi tality wasted on tlio telcphono bad given place to a look of embarrass; nient. Mrs. Kip whispered anxiously, "Who 1h It?" Daphno motioned her not to Inter rupt, and her voice grow deep and Important. It beenmo what her brother Ilnynrd cnlled her "reception voice." In her grandest contralto sho said: "This Is Miss Kip. Yes, I have. Yes, bo does. I beg pardon? Oh 1 Oh I Obi How do you do, Mr. Wmlnvni." "Mr. Who?" her mother keened. Dnphuc whispered to quiet her, "A young man from Now York friend of Bayard's samo olllce. I haven't got his namo yet." Into the telephone she was saying, and bowing nnd nodding the whllo with her politest face. "Indeed I'll try to be. Of course Cleveland's not New York, but By the way, do you dance? That's good. That's right; might as well bo deaf If you don't I How long will you bo In Cleveland? Oh, Is that all? Well, then, you must come out here nnd have ten with us tills very afternoon. I'll call for you at the hotel In my little car. No; It's not one of those; It's nn electric. I run It myself. Afraid to risk It? Bravo man I I'll bo thero In fifteen minutes, and you might be on tlio stops. Goodby, Mr. Wmbwm." This last was said In tlio fond tono of ancient friendship, nnd sho hung up tho receiver with a gesture llko shaking hands. Sho turned to find her mother thin ning her lips In a long, tight line; her cheeks bulged explosively. Daphne forestalled her: "DJo's n young fellow In tlio samo firm as Bayard. Says bo's hero on business for ten days. Bnyard told him to cnll rao up and tell mo to bo nlco to him. That sounds llko By. Also said ho hadn't time to write. That sounds llker still. Bayard told him to kiss you for him, so ho must bo all xlght I was going to take him to tho hotel to a tea-dance, but I thought Td better give him a look-over llrst So I'll roll him out here. Get out the nlco china nnd tho napkins I mono grammed, and" "Bat, Daphno t Wnltl I can't" "I haven't time to arguo with you, tnamran. Please do as I tell you for once, nnd don't fuss. Mr. Wmbwm will probably havo a lot of nows to tell you about your prodigal eon. G'byl" Slip popped a kiss on tlio forehead that auxlcty had turned to corduroy nnd ran upstairs llko another April shower chasing tho sun uphill. Sho dashed down again with hat and gloves, and, with noso repowdored, slammed tho front door gayly, thrummed tho stepB, and strode across tha Ions lawn to tho little electric car JL standing under the porto cocliorc. Tlio cur wna very largo for a beetle- but pretty amnll for nn uutomobllo. CHAPTER II. The night train from New York had deposited Clay Wlmburn In tho grimy cavern of the station at an early hour. Ho had dawdled over his breakfast, feeling lost without his New York morning papers. When at last It grew lalo enough to telcphono for an appointment with tho man ho had come to see ho was dis gusted to learn that the wretch would not be visible till the next day. It was then thnt Bayard Kip's part ing behest to call up his sister re curred to Wlmburn. Ho planned to compose n formal note of self-Introduction, but Bayard had forgotten to tell him his sister's namu or his fa ther's Initials. Thero were several Kips in tho telephone book, and he could not tell which would he which. Ho decided to cnll up each number and ask a maid or somebody If Mr. Bayard Kip's people lived there. Tho very first number he called brought Daphno herself suddenly volco to voice with him. Voices are characters, and It was u case of love nt first hearing with him. She had him smiling and cooing at the second phrase. He felt that she was going to make his stay In Cleveland pleasant. He formed nil sorts of pictures of her while ho wnlted on the hotel steps, but when sho stepped out of her enr and .looked about she was none of the Misses Kip ho had planned. She wus n round, pretty Uttlo thing, amiable of eyo and humorous about the lips, and cunningly dressed. Sho looked as If sho would bo u plucky, tireless sportswoman; yet sho had a wistful, tender huggableness that a girl ought not to lose, however well sho plays tennis. "Is this Mr. " she began, no was too nervous to notice her pause. Ho retorted, "Is this Miss Kip?" He noted that she shook hands well, with a boyish clench accompanied by an odd little duck of tho head. "Mighty nice of you to tako mo off this desert Island," ho beamed. "Mighty glad to have tho privilege," sho said as sho verified the fraternity pin on his overcoat. "Mother is dy ing to hear how Bayard Is." Mothers havo llttlo power left as guardians, but tlio children find thnt tho tltlo has n certain value at times In keeping order. "Won't you get in?" said Daphne, pointing to her car. She made him crowd In first, then followed and closed the door and pulled tho throttle. He meditated aloud: "How wonder ful It really Is thnt you should talk to mo over tho telephone und Invite mo to your homo and come and get mo llko this." "What's so wonderful about that?" said Daphne. "Everybody does It." "Everything that everybody does is wonderful," said Wlmburn. "But how especially wonderful It Is to live In a city where there aro no wnlls about the gardens. Look I there aren't oven fences. Tlio lawns ure nil Joined to- Already Wlmburn Was a Member of the Household. gcther and tho houses aro mostly win dows. Everything Is so open and free, full of sunlight nnd frankness. You're taking mo homo In this charming llttlo glass showcaso to Introduce mo to your mother. I tell you tho world do move I A woman of today has a lot to bo thankful for. You ought to bo mighty happy." "Ought-to-bo hasn't much to do with Is," Daphno sighed. "Wo'vo got a lot to get yet and a lot to.get rid of." Ho sank back discouraged. Tho sex was still insatiable. After a short rldo they turned Into a driveway leading through a spacious cxpanso of grnss dotted with trees and shrubs, to n homelike house without 1 beauty or ugliness a houso that had HP, 'IHBI !ft m snHHin HHKII T-fi JEW grown with the personalities of tho occupants. Tho only ostentatious about the place were tho cupola of an earlier day and tho porto cochero stuck out llko a broken wing. Sho led him Into the house nnd waved him toward the hull tree. When ho had set down his hat and stick she led him Into the drawing room. "Mother, we're home." "Yes, dear," said Mrs. Kip, who called Daphno "dour" before com pany. "Mother," said Daphne, "I want to present Mr. " (mumble gulp). Sho had not yet achieved his name. Her mother shocked her by saying, "Delighted to meet you, Mr. I didn't quite catch the name." Daphne blushed for .her mother's query, but was glad to overhear the stranger's answer: "I am Mr. Wlmburn, Mrs. Kip Clny Wlmburn." At this moment n tan, shambling man walked In. He looked us If ho looked older than ho was. Ills spec tacles overwhelmed a rather unsuc cessful nose. Daphne hardly needed to Introduce him us her father. Sho gave Wlmburn n namo now, and he felt called upon to explain his Incur sion. "I know your eon Baynrd very well. I'm In his otllce. Wo belong to the same fraternity different chapters of course. Wo struck up a greut friend ship. When ho knew I was coming to Cleveland ho said, 'Tell my sister to bo nice to you,' and and " Wlmburn paused in some embarrass ment beforo tho ballroom manner of Mrs. Kip, but the pompous dl3gulscs of timidity fell from her us she mur muredand blushed In a inothorly way : "Daphno told me. Ho sold for you to kiss his mother for him." "Ye-e3" J "Well, I am his mother." ,,j.t "Oh I May I?" , 1"Mr "Will you?" no pressed his lips respectfully on her cheel;, but she, closing her eyes to Imagine him her son, flung her fat arms about mm and held mm a mo ment, ne kissed her again with a kind of vicarious devotion. "I'd want Bayard to deliver ench a messago to your mother," sho ex plained. Already Wlmburn wns a member of tho household; he had ,bcen kissed nnd sympathized with. no turned to Dnphno with nn apolo getic look and saw that she was star ing nt him with softer eyes than ho had thought sho had. Dellnlto anxieties engaged Mrs. Kip, for tea had como In tottering on a tray carried by a ponlc-smltten cook, as ngtlo ns a hippopotamus and as shy ns a violet. Dnphno nnd her mother nnd father went through the tea ceremony with the anxiety of peoplo In nn earth quake, and tho "Swedish dromedary" stared at the unaccustomed sight as If the ten bibbers were drinking poi son and sho watching for the convul sions to begin. ' Clny Wlmburn talked nltogcthcr about Bayanl and his wonderful prog ress In business In spite of the hard times. Bnyard, he said, wns sticking to his desk like u (lemon, nnd ho let noth ing dlbtrnct him. "It must be glorious living In New York," Daphne sighed. "Why don't you come nnd pay Bay ard a visit?" Wlmburn suggested. "He wouldn't have time to tako me anywhere, nnd I don't know anybody else there." "You know me. And I'd bo only too glad to try to repay your hospitality to me." Mrs. Kip looked on and listened with the fond alarm of one who has seen fatal courtships begun with Just such fencing. When nt length Daphno suggested that thero was still time to rush down to tho Hotel Stotler for a danco or two Mrs. Kip smiled at her. Wlmburn did not know that he had been brought home on approval. Mrs. Kip realized that ho wus not to be returned ns Im possible. Her fancy gambled In fu tures. Wlmburn wns tho victim of an onset of that delirium amans known ns love nt first sight, no was at tho right age, and ho found something exotlcally captivating In this strange girl In tho strange city, no was poisoned with love, and his opinion of Daphno wus lunatlcally fantastic. No ono in tho world equaled her. No ono ever had equaled her or could equal her in any futuro ever. Spring and lovo aro tho perennial miracles, always new, always amazing. It was sprlngtlmo in Wlmburn'a years and In tho calendar of tho world; and countless other youth of mankind, ani mal kind, bird and fish kind, flowers und fruit trees, and perhaps of chem icals in tho ground wero feeling tho samo mania. Daphne's cordiality wns at first merely tho hospltnblo warmth of her unusually cordial community. But sho caught tho fever from Wlmburn nnd decided that ho was tho final word In human evolution. Tlmw tini'im t ilrond ttin cnotofv nt I others, to resent the cxlstcnco of a squatter population on their private planet. The world was too much with them. The little car was transparent. Even nt night etiquette required them to light It up within. Wlmburn did not return to New York so soon ns he expected. It seemed Impossible, to uproot himself from that pleasant soil. One after noon when he had already overstayed his furlough Daphne and lie were rid ing In the little car through the outer suburb known ns Shaker Heights a .section rapidly evolving from a sleepy religious community ton swarm of city residences. The late afternoon moon had risen In n sky still rosy with the afterglow of .sunset. Tiie nlr was murmurous with pleading. Suddenly Wlmburn cried nlond, to his own surprise und hers, "Daphne! Miss Kip! I can't stand everything, you kliow! I'm only human, after till." "What's the matter?" site asked In prosaic phrase but with a poetic flut ter of breath. "I love you, d n It! pardon me. nut I'm internally in love with you. I'm tormented. I came here on busi ness, und Instead of my tlnlshlug it you've (lnlshed me. I'm two days over due In New York and I've had to Ho to the otllco to explain why. And all I can think of now Is that I'd rather resign and starve to death than go back and leave you here." "nonestly?" she barely breathed. "Desperately !" he moaned. "What's to become of mo?" "You'd better go back, I suppose. You'll soon get over It nnd flud some body else to love." "There's nobody else In the world worth loving. I'd die If I gave you up ! I'd simply die." Ho went on with aching nnxlety: "Could you euro for me Just a little? If you could love me or just promise to try to, I could fuce my exile for a while. Do you think you could lovo me ever?" y She dropped her chin on her breast and sighed. "I guess I do now." Tho miraculous felicity of this situa tion overwhelmed them both. He dipt her It. his urms and she flung hers about v him, forgetting entirely the steeling wheel. The neglected little car promptly scuttered oft the road, crossed a gutter Into a vacant lot, scooped up a "For Sale" sign, and was about to tip over into nn excavutlon when Daphne looked up long. enough to shut off the power. Then in a blind rapture she returned to where she be longed his embrace. Soon she was assailed with fears for the credibility of this wonder work, and when he said : "When Khnll we announce our en gagement?" she protested: "Oh, not till we nre sure." "I'm sure now." "But wo must be terribly sure. It's such a dangerous thing, getting mar ried. So many people who think they love each other tlnd out their mistake too late. You don't know mo very well." "You mean you don't know mo very well." "I'm not afraid of you, but for you. I'd hate to disappoint you, and I don't really amount to much. I can't do anything except gad around ; und you'd tire of me." "Not In this world nor In the next." "It's darling of you to say It, und you think you mean It now. But " "I know It, Daphne, honey, now and forever. I don't want anybody but you. Life won't be life without you. You've promised to bo my wife. I hold you to your promise." "All right." It was exceedingly sat isfying to, surrender her soul Into his keeping. She had reached harbor ul rettdy after bo brief und placid a voy age. " Ho ended n long, cozy silence with tho surprising remark, "I suppose I ought to ask your parents' consent?" fNii ilniirrlitnr nf Mm tvfntlntli ion. tury laughed: "Parents' consent 1 You do read a lot of ancient literature, don't you?" "Still I Imagine we'd better break It to 'em." "You leave It to me to break It to 'em. They'll bo glad enough to get me off their hands." "I'll never believe that." When they reached her homo It wns Into and his hotel was so far that, since he would be spending his Inst evening with her, anywuy, she asked him to stay to dinner. She broko that nows to her parents, nnd it caused them acuto distress. Her father and her mother wero deep In tho battlo that always broko out be tween them when tho monthly bills ur rived. Daphno was so used to this that sho hardly noticed It. After dinner tho parents retired to tho living room to read nnd sew and mumble over their mutual grievances, whllo Daphno and Wlmburn snt and the piazza which tho moon turned into a bluo portico of mystic spell. CHAPTER III I Thn nort mnrnlnc Wlmhnm WnkO from dreams of bliss to tho realization i that lils hotel bill would require all of his funds except enough for tjto por ter's tip nnd u few odd dollars. He could not buy Daphne an engage ment ring with a few odd dollars, and he was ufriiid to leuve he'r without the I brand of possession on her linger. I But how was he to come at the nec essary sum? He could not decently ask the linn he was dealing with to lend 1 1 1 tn money. He might have asked i It to cash a check on his Imnlf) but his account was at the Irreducible mln- ' imum. ! After nn hour or two of meditation lie determined to beard a Jeweler in his lair and try to coax him Into the i extension of credit. i He loitered In froit of several win dows, staring nt the glittering nobbles on the velvet beaches till he ft und n tiny gem Hint lie thought mlghi feebly represent his exquisite adoration. He , went in net! asked the price. An ea- ' ger salefiuuii peered at the very small tag and announced the very large price S1S5. It was not much for u solitaire, but It was too much for that bachelor. lie clung to the cSflnter for support and In a husky tone asked for tho credit man. lie was escorted to a barred window where a very sane old ? tA) - , fo?mk fliotli "I Have the Honor to Be Engaged to Miss Daphne Kip." person gazed out at people Insano enough to buy Jewelry. Mr. Gassett had a look of hospitality towurd cash and of shyness toward credit. Wlmburn hemmed und blushed and swallowed hard. Wltn the plausibility of a pickpocket he mumbled us bo pushed a card across the glass sill : "I am Mr. Clay Wlmburn of New York city. I have been out here clos ing up an Important deal for my firm with one of your big mills. I hap poned to seo n little ring In your win dow rather pretty little' thing. Took n fancy to It. Had half a mind to buy It. But rather short of cash and or and" Mr. Cassc-tt waited with pntlenco. Clny went on: "I have no right t nsk you to give mo credit. But I'm very anxious to leave tho ring here." "Leave It here ! I thought you want ed to buy It!" "Of course! I want to leave It on the finger of n young lady." "Oh," said Mr. Oassott, to whom Indies' lingers were an Important mar ket. Finally ho said: "I don't supposo you would euro to tell me who your fiancee is. That might make a dif ference." "Why shouldn't I tell you? I'm cer tainly not ashamed to. I havo tho honor to bo engaged to Miss Daphno Kip." Daphne, accompanied by her mother, goes to New York for the purpose of buying her trous seau. Thtre the first shadow is cast upon Daphne's romantic dreams by the discovery that the money which her father has been able to raise for the pur pose will not buy much of a trousseau. Don't miss the, next Installment (TO BE CONTINUED.) Real Riches, no who bus fortune In lovo and truth and beauty Is entitled to bo called rich. Slmo und chungo and ad versity havo no power upon them. They nro tho only things n man can tako with him when he goes. In tlio process of ncqulrlng them they be como part of him Inseparably. Ho who hus them "wears his commenda tion In his face," for It may bo read as ho passes that his converso Is with tho higher nnd finer things nnd his dally walk la on tho plane where the noblest meet nnd greet fnmlllarbv- Philadelphia PubUc Ledger. afKiSv fcBti'-jM 'I as V s. t Wi FSSST 'rnl Look at the tongue, mother! 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